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Payment Shipping Additional Information Millinery Book Hat Making Make Victorian Hats Guide1900

Millinery: Theoretical and Practical by C. Hill

with Numerous Diagrams

Spiral Bound Book Republication™

Originally Published - 1900!

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Up for bid is another marvelous Dakota Prairie Treasures UNABRIDGED Spiral Bound book Republication™ of the original "Millinery: Theoretical and Practical" with NO RESERVE!" We scanned and reformatted a scare original and are pleased to offer you this wonderful vintage millinery reference for your reenactment or personal recreation sewing pleasures!

This HISTORIC item has 163 pages and scores of illustrations regarding the manufacturing of the turn-of-the-century feminine HATS & chapeaux! It includes history of millinery, general millinery instructions for all the necessary steps & needle working techniques to make lovely hats for all seasons for women, girls and children. Plus it includes scaled millinery (draft) patterns & paper pattern-making instructions for making your own personalized millinery patterns. (Original is not for sale)

Our new line of Spiral Bound Book Republications™ oh-so-conveniently lie flat while in use!

This is a unbelievably nice touch if you have every tried to read a pattern's instructions while your hands are full of your in progress project. As an avid needle worker myself my personal experience prompted my choice of spiral binding for it's ease-of-use alone. I bet you'll love it too!

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This would be a great reference item for those interested in reenactment groups, students, fabric artists, Red Hat Society members and more!

This is certainly a fine source of historically valuable techniques and inspiration for the creative millinery and fabric artists out there who recreate the hats and headdresses from the Victorian Era and earlier. This is the perfect opportunity to purchase your own version of another wonderful craft instructional revealing our heritage from early America and European cultures!

CONTENTS

Part I.

Bow-making

Wiring Lace

Bandeaux

Velvet Trimmings

Hemming Velvet

Straw Shapes

Pattern-taking

Head-linings

Part II.

Colour and Form in Regard to Clothing

Drafting Shapes

Drafting on Geometrical Principles

Toque Shapes

Making Shapes

Draping Crowns and Toques

Wire Shapes

Part III.

'Liberty,' or Drawn Silk Hats

Drawn Tulle Hats

Drawn Bonnets

Straw-working

Caps

Renovations

To Clean Straws

Manufacture of Pailettes and Felt Hats

Dyeing Hats

Notes on Trimmings

How to Make a Bridal Veil

Quillings

Sewing Trimmings to Wire Foundations

Widow's Mourning

Stitches Used in Millinery

Approximate Cost of Some Millinery Materials

Glossary of Terms Employed in Millinery

Identification of Materials

List of Illustrations

Diagram

I. Bows

II.Wiring Lace; Lace Fans

III. Covering Bandeau; Making Velvet-fold

IV. Wiring Straw Shape

V. Pattern-taking

VI. Head-linings

VII. Cutting Paper Pattern for 'Flam' Hat

VIII. Cutting Paper Pattern for Wide-fronted Flat Shape

IX. Cutting Paper Pattern for Oval-brim Hat

X. Cutting Paper Pattern for 'Gainsboro' Hat

XI. Cutting Paper Pattern for 'Rolled-up' Hat

XII. Cutting Paper Pattern for 'Poke' Hat

XII. Cutting Paper Pattern for Ladies' Bonnet Shapes

XIVa. Cutting Paper Pattern for Child's Hood

XIV. Drafts of Various Hat-brims

XV. Method of Obtaining Sideband to Fit a Given Head-size and Tip

XVI. Crown with 'Dip'

XVII. Draft of 'Three-cornered' Hat

XVIII. Draft of 'Cherry Ripe' Hat

XIX. Drafts of a Toque Shape

XX. Toque Shapes

XXI. Flat Draft of a Turban Toque

XXII. Flat Pattern of Boy's Tam o'Shanter

XXIII. Flat Pattern of Baby Boy's Tam o'Shanter

XXIV. Children's Puritan and Dutch Bonnet Shapes

XXV. Flat Draft of a 'Granny' Bonnet

XXVI. Flat Draft of a 'Victorian' Bonnet

XXVII. Shapes Suitable for Wide Heads

XXVIII. Placing Parts of Pattern on Buckram

XXIX. The Position the Hands Should Occupy When Making a Shape

XXX. A Beefeater Crown and a Beveled Brim Boat

XXXI. The Position the Parts of Pattern Should Occupy on Velvet

XXXII. How to Make a Velvet-covered Hat

XXXIII. A Draped Toque

XXXIV. Corners as Bonnet Crowns

XXXV. Wire Shapes

XXXVI. Cased Silk for 'Liberty' Hat-brim

XXXVII. Crown and Brim for 'Liberty' Hat

XXXVIII. The Different Sections of a Lady's Drawn Hat

XXXIX. Drawn Bonnets

XL. Straw-working

XLI. Bandeau Headdress

XLII. Old Lady's Cap

XLIII. Stitches Used in Millinery

What a historically educational and delightful millinery art instructional piece this is!

The ladies of earlier times put their hands to such marvelous work and now you can too! These are beautiful items and sure to delight you and yours! These instructions are very clear and easy to follow and yet the experience needleworker will be capable of altering as per individual needs and artistic whim.

The antique and vintage thread, fabrics, hat blocks, flowers, feathers, etc., can be found on Atomic Mall quite readily. You just have to hunt a little bit! :) Or, of course, you can utilize contemporary tools and materials found at a near by fabric, craft or hobby store.

The item you will receive is representative of the types of handicraft expertise of earlier genteel and feminine American and European culture! If you're into nostalgia like I am you will have many hours of enjoyment recreating antique needlework items for yourself or others dear to your heart just the way your great-grandmothers did!

You will appreciate the attention taken in providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for many years to come. This information has been scanned at a high resolution and electronically revamped to provide you with the very best hardcopy reproduction. Unlike other reproduction sellers this is NOT a cheap, grainy photocopy! Our Spiral Bound Republication™ has so many more advantages over the original book.

What are the benefits of our antique book Spiral Bound Book Republications™?

* Our products are produced with front and back covers of heavy stock paper.

* Our products are made using the latest LaserJet printing technology meaning the ink will not smear like inferior photocopy or inkjet products do.

* Our spiral binding allows your book to lie flat during use for ease of viewing while working on your needlework projects.

* Our products do not cost a small fortune for you to obtain and enjoy.

* Every image and every page has been scanned to produce crystal clear images and you never have to deal with any crumbling old paper!

* These scans are enlarged to full-page dimensions for ease of viewing!

* You can gift these wonderful Victorian, Edwardian pattern book finds with family and friends!

You will appreciate the attention we have taken in providing you with a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that will be use for many years to come...

Check out Dakota Prairie Treasures' current auctions for many other unique needlework Spiral Bound Book, CD and Single Pattern Republications™ for your creative needle working pleasure!

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